The Seven Leading Security Gaps in Industrial Environments

October is officially National Cyber Security Awareness month, and this year one of the program’s key messages is working together to secure critical infrastructure from cyber threats. Clearly, security weaknesses in operational technology (OT) networks are becoming a mainstream concern. For example, a recent study (PDF) from Kaspersky noted that 77 percent of security professionals in industrial environments believe their organizations are likely to become targets of a cybersecurity incident.